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A private letter on an ostracon from Firmus to Exochus, who is about to travel to the quarry of Mons Porphyrites, asking him to hand over grain and money to a certain Meskenios. It closes with greetings to several people, including Meskenios' fellow cellarers. Found at the Roman quarry site of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert.
Porphyrites is the imperial porphyry quarry of Mons Porphyrites, near Mons Claudianus. The catalogue groups this with a second letter from Firmus to Exochus; 'brother' may be a term of friendship rather than kinship.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two Letters from Firmus to Exochus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Φίρμος Ἐξόχῳ τῶι ἀδελφῷ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. ἤκουσα ὅτι εἰς Πορφυρίτην ὑπάγεις. δὸς τὸν σῖτον μου Μεσκηνίῳ καὶ τὸν χαλκὸν παρὰ τῆς γυναικὸς Τασαλεος δὸς αὐτῷ πάλι. ἰδοὺ παράστησον αὐτῷ …ιν………κα σι μου δὸς αὐτῷ ὡς ἔστι. ἀσπάζου μοι Ἀμαρανθὸν πολλὰ καὶ Μεσκήνιον καὶ Βαραθον καὶ τοὺς συ…
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